Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/24115 
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Year of Publication: 
2005
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ZEW Discussion Papers No. 05-22
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Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW), Mannheim
Abstract: 
This paper analyzes the determinants of R&D co-operation among German manufacturing firms. Using firm level data from the Third Community Innovation Survey from Germany, we focus on the role of spillovers in explaining R&D cooperation. We also investigate firms? decisions to cooperate with research institutions or with suppliers and customers. Implementing a two-step estimation procedure, we find a positive effect of knowledge flows on the probability of R&D co-operation in most model specifications. Additionally, we show that firms with high intramural R&D budgets are more likely to cooperate with universities and research institutions than with suppliers and customers.
Subjects: 
Spillovers
R&D Co-operation
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JEL: 
O31
L22
O32
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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